Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

35B.   Expiry of restraining orders

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    (1)   Subject to this section, where a restraining order is made in relation to property, the restraining order does not continue in force for a period of more than 6 months after the time of the making of the order unless before the expiration of that period, the Director of Public Prosecutions applies to the Court that made the order for an extension of the period of operation of the order.

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    (2)   Where the Director of Public Prosecutions applies under subsection (1) for an extension of the period of operation of a restraining order and the Court is satisfied—

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      (a)     that a forfeiture order may be made in respect of the property or part of it; or

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      (b)     that a confiscation order may be made against a person in relation to property which is the subject of a restraining order;

the Court may extend for a specific period the period of operation of the restraining order and make such other order as it considers appropriate in relation to the operation of the restraining order.

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    (Inserted by Act 5 of 2010)